PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rock Star (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armando Garcilazo Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Armando Garcilazo Jr has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rock Star's chin.

Star
vs
Garcilazo Jr

198 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

187 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rock Star!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Armando Garcilazo Jr!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Glass and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Garcilazo Jr clinches.
Garcilazo Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Star.
Star is struggling to control the position.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Star for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Garcilazo Jr is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Star is keeping busy.
Star has Garcilazo Jr pressed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rock Star.
Star tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Garcilazo Jr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Garcilazo Jr keeps the fight on the outside.
Star wants to clinch up but Garcilazo Jr keeps it at a distance.
Garcilazo Jr scores with a nice strike.
Star tries to clinch up.

Star has taken the fight to the clinch.
Star stalling the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcilazo Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garcilazo Jr lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Garcilazo Jr tries to work over Star's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garcilazo Jr being controlled against the cage.
Garcilazo Jr landing knees to the head.
Garcilazo Jr trying to stall but Star improves his position.
Garcilazo Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Star leaning against his opponent.
Garcilazo Jr looking to slow down the pace here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Star takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rock Star.

Garcilazo Jr rushes Star and presses him up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Star.
Star is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stalling in the clinch from Star.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rock Star.

Garcilazo Jr instigates a clinch.
Garcilazo Jr wants to stall.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Star is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Star seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Garcilazo Jr can't find room to land a body shot as Star controls the action.
Garcilazo Jr looking to throw knees to the head but Star is blocking nicely.
Garcilazo Jr being controlled against the cage.
Garcilazo Jr scores with a nice hook to the head.
Star controlling the action here for a moment.
Star blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Star holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rock Star.
Star tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Star takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The fight stays on the outside here - Star looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Star tries to clinch up but Garcilazo Jr circles away and keeps his distance.
Garcilazo Jr connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Star is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Garcilazo Jr moves into the clinch.
Star avoiding damage.
Garcilazo Jr goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Star.
Star is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Come on Star - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rock Star.
Star tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rock Star dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Star doesn't manage to clinch there - Garcilazo Jr circles away.

Star rushes Garcilazo Jr and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Star has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Garcilazo Jr taking a breather.
Garcilazo Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Star just leaning against Garcilazo Jr, taking a breather.
Star looking to stall.
Star stalling in the clinch.
Garcilazo Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Star uses good head movement to avoid it.
Star taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rock Star.

Garcilazo Jr rushes Star and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Star is struggling to control the position.
Rock Star has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Star is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcilazo Jr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Garcilazo Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Star.
Star blocking some punches.
Star blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Star taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Garcilazo Jr is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rock Star.

Garcilazo Jr rushes Star and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Garcilazo Jr tries to work over Star's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Star will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Garcilazo Jr up against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Star looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Star.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rock Star.

Garcilazo Jr has taken the fight to the clinch.
Star wants to stall.
Star has Garcilazo Jr pushed against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rock Star.
Star takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Star is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Star wants to clinch.
Star tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Garcilazo Jr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcilazo Jr throws a shot to the body.
Star moves in looking to clinch but Garcilazo Jr pushes him off.

Garcilazo Jr moves into the clinch.
Garcilazo Jr lands a hook that snaps the head of Star backwards.
Garcilazo Jr is looking to control Star's arms but Star gets an underhook and turns him. Now Garcilazo Jr has his back to the cage.
Garcilazo Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garcilazo Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garcilazo Jr misses with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Star takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Garcilazo Jr tries to stall but Star uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A head punch on the inside from Garcilazo Jr fails to land.
Star is trying to maintain a safe position but Garcilazo Jr gets an underhook and turns Star into the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Star.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rock Star.

Garcilazo Jr has Star up against the cage in a clinch.
Star looking to slow down the pace here.
Star taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Garcilazo Jr tries a knee to the head but Star blocks it.
Star tries to stall but Garcilazo Jr uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Garcilazo Jr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Star's elbow.
Garcilazo Jr working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Garcilazo Jr has a couple of punches blocked by Star.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Star.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rock Star.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Come on Star - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Star blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Rock Star will probably get the nod.
That's time! Star's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Garcilazo Jr pushes Star up against the cage in a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Star takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Star stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rock Star.
Star is looking to clinch but Garcilazo Jr is avoiding it.
Garcilazo Jr keeps the fight on the outside.

Garcilazo Jr moves into range and clinches up with Star.
Star is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Star wants to stall.
Garcilazo Jr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Star is trying to maintain a safe position but Garcilazo Jr gets an underhook and turns Star into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rock Star.
Star takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Garcilazo Jr moves into the clinch.
Star wants to stall.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Garcilazo Jr lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Garcilazo Jr throws a head punch that misses.
Star is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Garcilazo Jr stalling in the clinch but Star improves position.
Garcilazo Jr throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Star is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Garcilazo Jr is keeping busy.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Star tries to stall but Garcilazo Jr uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rock Star.

Garcilazo Jr gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Garcilazo Jr is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Star trying to control the position but instead, Garcilazo Jr has worked for underhooks and has pushed Star into the cage.
Garcilazo Jr with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Garcilazo Jr looking to slow down the pace here.
Garcilazo Jr lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Star stalling in the clinch but Garcilazo Jr improves position.
Garcilazo Jr tries to land knees in the clinch but Star avoids the damage to the body.
Star is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Garcilazo Jr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Star avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Star.
Star is trying to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcilazo Jr is trying to stall.
Star trying to control the position but instead, Garcilazo Jr has worked for underhooks and has pushed Star into the cage.
Garcilazo Jr trying to control the position but instead, Star has worked for underhooks and has pushed Garcilazo Jr into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Armando Garcilazo Jr.

Garcilazo Jr closes the distance and pushes Star back into the cage.
Star looking to stall.
Garcilazo Jr lands a nice uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcilazo Jr misses with the head strike.
Garcilazo Jr is trying to maintain a safe position but Star gets an underhook and turns Garcilazo Jr into the cage.
Garcilazo Jr tries a body shot but Star blocks it.
Garcilazo Jr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Star is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcilazo Jr misses with a short punch on the inside.
Armando Garcilazo Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rock Star is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Garcilazo Jr tries a knee to the head but Star blocks it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Armando Garcilazo Jr.
I think Star has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Rock Star!